{"id":280,"date":"2021-10-07T14:15:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:42:15","slug":"legal-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/?page_id=280","title":{"rendered":"Legal Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Legal Services<\/h3>\n<p><em>HEAD OF DEPARTMENT \u2013 Sambo Saadat Omotayo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>STRUCTURE:<br \/>The Legal Department has one division headed by an Acting Director\/Legal Adviser. It has a staff strength of eight (8) Legal Officers and three (3) support staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Legal Department has the following functions: &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing legal advice and opinion to the Bureau;<\/li>\n<li>Liaising with the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on matters pertaining to the Bureau\u2019s statutory duties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Prosecution of Public Officers who contravene the Code of Conduct for Public Officers<\/li>\n<li>Representing the Bureau in matters of interest before other Courts.<\/li>\n<li>Prepares legal briefs and case files for prosecution before the Code of Conduct Tribunal and prosecutes cases referred to the Tribunal.<\/li>\n<li>Drafting and vetting of Agreements, Contracts and Memoranda of understanding between the Bureau and other entities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensures effective collaboration in the investigation and prosecution of cases involving breaches of the codes of conduct for public officers.<\/li>\n<li>Coordinates with other law enforcement agencies and government bodies on matters of mutual legal interest.<\/li>\n<li>Monitors changes in relevant laws and advise the Bureau on necessary adjustments to its procedures and policies.<\/li>\n<li>Perform any other functions as directed by the Bureau.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Services HEAD OF DEPARTMENT \u2013 Sambo Saadat Omotayo STRUCTURE:The Legal Department has one division headed by an Acting Director\/Legal Adviser. It has a staff strength of eight (8) Legal Officers and three (3) support staff. The Legal Department has the following functions: &#8211; Providing legal advice and opinion to the Bureau; Liaising with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccb.gov.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}